Re: [PATCH 3/4] firewire: enforce access order between generationand node ID

From: Jarod Wilson
Date: Thu Jan 24 2008 - 11:07:11 EST


Stefan Richter wrote:
> fw_device.node_id and fw_device.generation are accessed without mutexes.
> We have to ensure that all readers will get to see node_id updates
> before generation updates.
>
> An earlier incarnation of this patch fixes an inability to recognize
> devices after "giving up on config rom",
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429950
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Verified in concert with parts 1 and 2 as well as with 1, 2 and 4, to fix
'giving up on config rom' issues on multiple system and drive combinations
that were previously affected.

Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxx>



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